1. IR2 Vacuum Status M. Sullivan for S. Ecklund, A Fisher, S. Novokhatski, F-J Decker, A. Kulikov, S. DeBarger, U. Wienands, S. Gierman, M. Petree, many BaBarians Feb. 8, 2006 2e34 meeting

2. Summary Last week we vented IR2 to remove the pumping plenum on the incoming LER beam pipe between at the Q4/Q5 location (5 m from the IP) – picture Work was done Thurs. and we regenerated the NEG pumps Fri. An excellent job. Thanks to everyone who helped: vacuum, MFD, controls, PEM, … The vacuum scrubbed so quickly we were able to get to high enough currents within hours after IR2 was searched. Saw our first vacuum event by 10pm Friday night -- 5 hrs after first beam. By Saturday morning we had had several vacuum spike events.

3. Interaction Region Layout LER HER 7039 gauge SIG11 LER sensitive 2187 gauge 3044 pump LER frangible link Detector 7043 pump 8020 pump 3027 gauge Support tube end bellows 4042 gauge NEG pump Backward Q2 NEG Forward Q2 NEG

6. Typical event pressures LER HER 1.9 1540 96 0 LER frangible link Detector 0 1.9 630 Support tube end bellows 0.1 NEG pump Backward Q2 NEG Forward Q2 NEG

7. One of the highest pressure events LER HER 2.5 1480 115 0 LER frangible link Detector 0 2.2 1210 Support tube end bellows 0.3 NEG pump Backward Q2 NEG Forward Q2 NEG

8. Characteristics Generally very fast single spike but we do have cases of precursors and aftershocks Pressure at highest gauge (3027) is about 500 nTorr Next highest pressure is at 2187 gauge which is ten times lower The spike threshold seems to have increased. Before last weeks vacuum work the workable beam currents were 1350x900. Now they seem to be 1650x1050 with a fairly sharp threshold at 1700 for the LER. We sometimes get low pressure flurries Some operators feel that there might be a thermal effect…seems you have to back off in beam current for a while after a big spike The events are more consistent – I get the same or very similar pressure ratios Rogues’ gallery…

9. First event that aborted the beam -- Friday evening at 21:42

11. Attempted to get above the threshold

12. Very slight increase in LER current generated a huge spike – 1000 nTorr

13. What’s been done this week Changed the RF voltage Monday. Because the character of the vacuum spikes had changed (threshold increased) we wanted to see if changing the RF voltage would make a difference. Changed the RF from 4.05 to 4.5 MV. No significant change seen in the vacuum spike behavior. LINAC trouble yesterday allowed us to add more tubes to the He checking system We also recalibrated the gauge responses by heating up the two Q2 NEG pumps as well as the backward side LER Q4 and Q5 NEGs This will help in getting the vacuum model properly tuned Yesterday we did our first big He leak check with beam present…

14. Helium hosing layout LER HER Detector Support tube end bellows NEG pump Known small vacuum leak

15. Signal from the known small leak about 20-25 m in the upstream LER The flow meter says 2 SCFH for one tube

16. He flow turned on at 17:00. No signal yet. The two ion pumps 8020 and 3044 were turned off

17. He flow still on No signal when we get a vacuum spike at 17:37 This spike reads 150 nTorr at 3027

18. He flow still on First He signal at 17:50

19. He signal getting stronger 10 min after first sign

20. He signal getting stronger 20 min after first sign Some vacuum activity also seen on the gauges

21. He turned off at about 18:20, at left edge of plot The two ion pumps 8020 and 3044 were turned on where the Argon trace drops A spike is seen in the He trace when we get a vacuum spike at 18:50

22. Status and plans More external leak checking We need to try to understand the signal we have seen Presently installing a controlled leak at the 3044 ion pump location. We are using the pump out port located there. Concentrate on improving the analysis that pinpoints the z location –More events to H. Nicholson of BaBar –Work on the IR vacuum model to see if we can get a z location from it –Study and perhaps improve B. Peterson’s analysis Hooked up one of the BPMs at 3024 to a high speed cable – did this yesterday – nothing seen yet Review the borescope videos again – still to do More…